Bag



A. BRUNS.

BAG.

APPLICATlON FILE-D JAN. 7, 1922.

426 8 1 4 Q Paented Aug. 22, 1922 INVENTOR A TTORNE Y NHTED STATE AUGUSTBRUNS, OF BROOKLN, NEW YORK. r

BAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22., 1322.,

Application filed January 7, 1922. Serial No. 527515.

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Be it known that I, AUoUsT BRUNS, a CitiZen of the United States,residing in the borough of Brooklyn, New York city, in the County andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBags, of which the following is a Specification.

This invention relates to bags of the type used by mechanics, plumbers,and others for Carrying tools, although not limited thereto since it isapplicable to other types of bags and for general use; and the objectthereof is toprovide a bag which will long withstand heavy loads and therough usage to which it may be subject.

My new bag comprises, as its principal features, a flat bottom of stifmaterial, pre-ferably sheet metal with upturned fianged edges, and astout body of canvas or other suitable heavy material preferablywaterproof, which around the base is folded back upon itself and seweddown so as to form a pocket, preferably of a depth to reinforce with itsdouble folds the lower portion of the body for a substantial distanceabove the bottom, and which is then united to the bottom by bolting orriveting the double folds of material and an intermediate strip orstrips of metal inserted in and resting on the bottom of the pocket.around the body to the edges or to the metal flanges of the bottom.

The invention will be understood by reference to the acoompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspeotive View of my improved bag, inits preferred form, and Fig. 2 is a broken or partial transverse sectionof the bag, on an enlarged Scale.

.As herein illustrated, the bottom 1 of the bag, which is shaped up froma sheet metal blank, is rectangular in form and is provided withupturned side and end flanges 2 and 3. The two sides 4 and 'ends 5,which form the body of the bag, are folded inwardly around the bottomand sewed down by a line of stitches 6 to form the deep pocket 7 and aresuitably united together. Metal strips 8' having been inserted in thepocket thus formed, the body is united to the bottom by screw bolts 9,or rivets as an equivalent, which pass through both folds of the pocket,the intermediate metal Strip inclosed therein, and a flange of thebottom. An extension 10, on one side of the body, serves s flap o rcover, The bag is completed by the addition of suitable straps 11,

for closing and Carrying it.

As thus constructed, the bag is both rein- 'foroed by an extra thicknessof canvas around substantially the lower half of the body and the weightloaded on the bottom and carried by the body when the bag is in use isnot concentrated at the rivet points but is distributed entirely aroundthe bag.

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. Abag of the character described comprising a stifi' flat metal bottomwith, narrow upturned flanged edges and a body of heavy waterproofmaterial like canvas which around its base is folded back upon andsecured to itself to form a pocket and is secured to the fianged edgesof the bottom by means of metallic :fasteners passing through bothfo-lds of the pocket and an intermediate Strip of metal inserted in andresting on the bottom of the pocket.

2. A bag of the character described comprising a stf metal bottom withupturned flanged edges and a body of heavy material like canvas whicharound its lower side is folded back upon and secured to itself to forma pocket of a depth adapted to reinforce with its double folds the lowerportion of the body for a substantial distance above the bottom and issecured to the flanged edges of the bottom by means of metallicfasteners passing through both folds of the pocket and an intermediatestrip of met-al inserted in and resting on the bottom of the pocket.

3. A bag for tools and similar heavy arti cles Comprising a flatrectangular bottom of suitable stiif material, a rectangular body of aheavy fieXible material like oanvas which around the base of its sidesand end is folded back and sewed down to form a pocket, strips of metalinserted in and resting on the bottom of the pocket along the sides andends of the body, and a series of metallic fasteners se curing thedouble folds of the pocket and enclosed strips of metal to the sides andends of the bottom.

4. A bag for tools and similar heavy articles comprising a rectangularmetal bottom with upturned flanged sides and ends, a rectangular body ofa heavy flexible material like canvas which around the base of its sidesand ends is folded back and sewed down to form a pocket of a depthadapted to reinforce to a substa ntarl height the entire lower portion,strips of metal nserted material like Oanyas Which around the base n andTesting On the bottom of the pocket of its sides and ends s folded backand along the sides and ends of the body, and seWed doWn to form apocket and is seeured series of metailic fasteners securing the at itssides and ends to the flanged sides and 15 double folds of the pocketand enolosed ends of the body by metallie 'fasteners passtrips of metalto the sides and ends of the sing' through the double folds ofthepooketbottom. and strips of metal nserted in and' Testing 5. A bag''for tools and similar heavy art'i'- On' the bottom thereof and isprovided With cles eomprising a reetangular metal bottom an extension onOne side serving as a flap 20 With 'narrow' upturned flanged sides andand with straps attached to both sides. ends, a rectangular body ofheavy te xtile 'AUGUST BRUNS:

